N.J. Town to Set Time Limit on Barking
N.J. city council set to introduce ordinance that would set time limit on barking dogs
(AP) The city of Clifton is not going to the dogs. At least not if the City Council has anything to do about it. Later this month, the council is expected to introduce an ordinance setting a limit on how long dogs can bark.
Noisy canines will be defined as those that bark for more than 30 minutes on two consecutive days.
The city already has nuisance and "noise laws that can be used to address annoying and disturbing noises such as constant barking." But officials said those laws are sometimes difficult to enforce.
Police have to investigate complaints, and the city Health Department sent 11 letters last year warning that a summons could be issued if the barking continued, health officer John Biegel said. Clifton has issued 3,756 dog licenses this year.
Getting a summons is rare, because the person who complained must go to court to sign a complaint.
Fines for the new ordinance could start at $250, Biegel said.
The whole issue is doggone ridiculous if you ask me. It's political dogma being handed down by bunch of growly old fools in the government to gain further control over society.
If the police try to prosecute, then they'll escape on the next Greyhound out of town. I dare say they may even end up on the Jerry Springer-Spaniel show.
If they ended up on the Jerry Springer-Spaniel show it'd breed a lot of hostility and they'd not be taken seriously, not to mention being hounded by the press.
